Hand Straps on a Tablet-Style Electronic Device&#39;s Jacket

ABSTRACT

A hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device&#39;s jacket is installed on at least one lateral side of the jacket and comprises: a belt with a fixed end and a free end; a stress relief pad; a first adherent member and a second adherent member which are mutually fastened and located at the belt and its free end, respectively. The belt&#39;s fixed end is fastened to the jacket&#39;s fixed component; the first adherent member is installed between the belt&#39;s fixed end and free end; the second adherent member is adjacent to the belt&#39;s free end. The belt&#39;s free end which penetrates clearance holes on the stress relief pad and a fold-back component at an identical side as the fixed component can return so that the first adherent member on the free end adheres to the second adherent member.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a tablet-style electronic device's jacket, particularly hand straps thereof.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The fast-developed electronic and IT industry has led to more and more constantly innovative 3C products wherein tablet PCs much in demand in the market have been replacing notebook computers and becoming one of the most popular 3C products. In order to prevent a tablet PC from drop or collision-induced damage, a lot of anti-bumping or scratch-resistant jackets for tablet PCs have been developed and available in the market because a tablet PC different from existing notebook or desktop computers is usually held by one or two hands. Furthermore, a jacket is usually designed to increase its added value and support a tablet PC which can be seen from an adequate angle.

The structural design of the above jacket available to a tablet PC is regarded as a passive protective device only, which prevents a tablet PC from direct collision or friction with the ground, and does not disclose a technical measure keeping a tablet PC's jacket from drop.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides hand straps on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket wherein the hand straps are securely installed at least one lateral side of the tablet-style electronic device's jacket. A user who attempts to carry a tablet-style electronic device held in a jacket stretches one hand into a hand strap around the part between the thumb and the index finger in order to make a belt attach to a hand back and prevent the tablet-style electronic device and its jacket from drop.

The present invention of a hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket allows its belt's length to be freely adjusted and a stress relief pad to properly adhere to a hand back which feels comfortably.

The present invention of a hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket allows the stress relief pad to be freely adjusted on the belt, the stress relief pad to properly adhere to a hand back, and a user's hand to feel comfortable.

The present invention of a hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket which is properly installed on at least one lateral side of the tablet-style electronic device's jacket comprises: a stress relief pad with a belt positioning part at an inner surface integrated for development of a clearance hole between the belt positioning part and the stress relief pad; a belt with a fixed end and a free end wherein (a) the fixed end is fastened to a fixed component on the jacket's at least one side for combining a first adherent member between the fixed end and the free end and a second adherent member adjacent to the free end and (b) the free end which penetrates the clearance hole on the stress relief pad and then a fold-back component which is fixed on the jacket and located at an identical plane as the fixed component returns and penetrates the clearance hole on the stress relief pad so that the second adherent member faces and properly adheres to (or is separated from) the first adherent member.

In one embodiment, the free end of the belt may have one last segment as a force application part on which there is no second adherent member

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad allows each of its two symmetric sides to be equipped with a connecting member adjacent to an edge.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad is provided with mutually-fastened connecting members at two symmetric edges and is folded to be a flat state for connecting the connecting members thereon so that the belt's free end is held and positioned in the stress relief pad and not easily separated.

In one embodiment, the connecting members can be a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.

In one embodiment, the belt is manufactured with woven bands or other soft fabric strips.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad is manufactured with foam, rubber, fabric or other soft materials.

In one embodiment, the first adherent member and the second adherent member are a hook and loop strap's loop part and hook part, respectively.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad is provided with a first connecting member at an inner edge and a second connecting member at an outer edge and rolled up as one circle which allows the first connecting member and the second connecting member to be coupled and makes the stress relief pad become a circular shape so that the belt's free end is held and positioned in the stress relief pad and not separated.

In one embodiment, the first connecting member and the second connecting member are a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad is provided with a first connecting member at an inner edge, a second connecting member at an outer edge, and a first adherent member at surfaces on the belt positioning parts and the belt's free end penetrating the fold-back component and returning allows a second adherent member at the free end to be coupled with the first adherent member on the belt positioning part for engagement of the first connecting member and the second connecting member as well as the belt's free end held and positioned in the stress relief pad and not easily separated.

The present invention of a hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket is installed on at least one lateral side of the tablet-style electronic device's jacket and comprises: a belt with at least one segment of woven bands and at least one segment of elastic bands, both of which are serially connected; a stress relief pad on which there is at least a clearance hole; the belt penetrates a clearance hole on the stress relief pad so that the stress relief pad is coupled with and shifted along the belt whose two ends are fixed on the jacket's at least one lateral side.

In one embodiment, the two woven bands allow two elastic bands with distinct lengths to be connected in between.

In one embodiment, the two woven bands allow two elastic bands with distinct densities to be connected in between.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad comprising a first clearance hole as well as a second clearance hole at a longitudinal direction, both of which are penetrated by the belt, is coupled with and shifted along the belt.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad is coupled with a belt positioning part on an inner surface for development of a clearance hole located between the belt positioning part and the stress relief pad and penetrated by the belt's free end and is provided with mutually-fastened connecting members at both edges for development of an enclosed space to seal elastic bands.

In one embodiment, the connecting members can be a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.

In one embodiment, the stress relief pad displays a flat or circular state with the two connecting members integrated.

The advantages, effects and embodiments in terms of the present invention are further interpreted in detailed descriptions and drawings as follows.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The objects, spirits, and advantages of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be readily understood by the accompanying drawings and detailed descriptions, wherein:

FIG. 1 illustrates a protecting jacket and hand straps on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of using the tablet-style electronic device's jacket in FIG. 1 and illustrating a closed side cover and hand straps on the tablet-style electronic device's jacket.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of using the tablet-style electronic device's jacket in FIG. 1 and illustrating a protective shell and hand straps on the tablet-style electronic device's jacket.

FIG. 4 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which there are two belt positioning parts on a stress relief pad.

FIG. 5 illustrates the present invention of the assembled hand strap in FIG. 4 in an alternative embodiment.

FIG. 6 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which there is one belt positioning part on a stress relief pad.

FIG. 7 illustrates the present invention of the assembled hand strap in FIG. 6 in an alternative embodiment.

FIG. 8 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which there is a hook and loop strap on a stress relief pad's belt positioning part.

FIG. 9 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which a belt consists of serially-connected woven bands and elastic bands.

FIG. 10 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which a belt consists of serially-connected woven bands and elastic bands with distinct lengths.

FIG. 11 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which a belt consists of serially-connected woven bands and elastic bands with distinct densities.

FIG. 12 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which a belt and a stress relief pad are combined.

FIG. 13 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment in which a belt and a stress relief pad are combined.

FIG. 14 illustrates the present invention of a hand strap in an alternative embodiment and is a section view for Section A-A in FIG. 13.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 illustrates hand straps on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket in one embodiment: the hand straps 10 are installed on at least one lateral side of a jacket 20 on which there are a fixed component 21 and a fold-back component 22; the hand straps 10 are preferably located at two opposite sides of the jacket 20, i.e., left and right sides or top and bottom sides of the jacket 20, so that the hand straps 10 are available to hands of one user holding a tablet-style electronic device 30 (e.g., tablet PC) vertically or horizontally. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of one type of jacket 20, a protecting jacket 20 a, comprising (a) an opening 23 from which the tablet-style electronic device 30 is packed, (b) a viewing window 24 at the top for exposing the screen of the tablet-style electronic device 30, (c) a side cover 25 which is beside the opening 23 and folded to seal (FIG. 2) or expose (FIG. 1) the opening 23, (d) a fastening component 251 which is probably installed on the side cover 25 and attaches to a fastening part 26 on the protecting jacket 20 a with the opening 23 closed wherein the fastening component 251 and the fastening part 26 can be a hook and loop strap, snap fasteners, magnets or other components with a similar function. The protecting jacket 20 a shown in FIG. 1 is one model which is available to but does not limit the present invention of hand straps.

As shown in FIG. 3, the jacket 20 can be an alternative model such as a protective shell 20 b equipped with (a) a cover sheet (not shown in the figure) based on demands and (b) fastening components 201 b, which are located at four corners of the protective shell 20 b and used to fix edges of the tablet-style electronic device 30, so that the hand straps 10 are installed on at least one side of the protective shell 20 b.

As shown in FIG. 4, the hand strap 10 in one embodiment comprises a belt 50, a stress relief pad 40, a first adherent member 61 and a second adherent member 62 wherein the belt 50 is manufactured with woven bands or other soft fabric strips.

The stress relief pad 40 is provided with connecting members 71 arranged at left and right edges and linking each other wherein the connecting members 71 should be at least a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners. As shown in FIG. 4, the connecting members 71 are a hook and loop strap which is used in a preferable embodiment only and do not limit the scope of the present invention. The hand strap 10 is provided with belt positioning parts 8 at front and rear edges of the stress relief pad 40, each of which allows both ends to fix the stress relief pad 40 for development of a clearance hole 81 under the belt positioning part 8 and is positioned at the left-hand or the right-hand side of the stress relief pad 40.

The belt 50 has a fixed end 51 and a free end 52 between which there is a first adherent member 61 installed; a second adherent member 62 is installed near the free end 52.

As shown in FIG. 1 through FIG. 3, the fixed end 51 of the belt 50 is securely fastened to the fixed component 21 at one side of the jacket 20, and the free end 52 of the belt 50 penetrates the clearance holes 81 under the two belt positioning parts 8 as well as the fold-back component 22 at an identical lateral side of the jacket 20 as the fixed component 21 and returns. Then, the second adherent member 62 penetrates one of the clearance holes 81 under the belt positioning part 8 and adheres to the first adherent member 61 after the free end 52 of the belt 50 returns. As shown in FIG. 5, the stress relief pad 40 which is folded for connecting the connecting members 71 thereon displays a flat state; the free end 52 of the belt 50 is held and positioned in the stress relief pad 40 which is shifted along the belt 50 until a preferred position to adjust tightness of the hand strap 10 and make a hand back feel comfortable.

The stress relief pad 40 can be manufactured with foam, rubber, fabric or other soft materials which provide a user comfortable touch. For a larger supporting area and better comfort with the stress relief pad 40 holding a hand back, the stress relief pad 40 is wider than the belt 50.

The present invention provides the hand straps 10 on the tablet-style electronic device's jacket, each of which may have a wider stress relief pad 40. Furthermore, the belt 50 installed on at least one side of the jacket 20 around the slim tablet-style electronic device 30 is inevitably thin enough and hurt or discomfort a hand which carries the tablet-style electronic device 30 for a long period. Accordingly, the present invention is provided with the wider stress relief pads 40 which provide larger areas supporting and comforting a user's hand backs.

For convenient separation of the second adherent member 62, the free end 52 of the belt 50 may have one last segment as a force application part pulled by one user on which there is no second adherent member 62 for separation of the second adherent member 62 from surface of the first adherent member 61. The fixed component 21 can be a double-aperture or ringlike component; the fold-back component 22 can be a ringlike component or an alternative component with a similar function by which the free end 52 of the belt 50 penetrates and returns.

In a preferred embodiment, the first adherent member 61 and the second adherent member 62 is a hook and loop strap wherein the former and the latter are the hook and loop strap's loop part and hook part (full of hooks), respectively; the second adherent member 62 is capable of securely attaching to or is freely separated from and reattaches to the first adherent member 61 at another proper position for proper tightness over a hand back held in the stress relief pad 40 by an adjustable length of the free end 52 which penetrates the fold-back component 22 and returns. As such, the present invention provides better comfort to a user who holds the jacket 20 by inserting hand backs into the hand straps 10 and making the stress relief pads 40 gently attach to hand backs.

FIG. 6 illustrates the hand strap 10 in an alternative embodiment wherein the stress relief pad 40 a is provided with a first connecting member 72 at one inner edge and a second connecting member 73 at an opposite outer edge, both of which are securely connected each other and developed by a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners. As shown in FIG. 6, the first connecting member 72 and the second connecting member 73 constructed with a hook and loop strap are a preferred embodiment but do not limit the scope of the present invention. The stress relief pad 40 a is centrally equipped with a belt positioning part 8 a whose two ends are fixed on the stress relief pad 40 a for development of a clearance hole 81 a thereunder and the belt 50 is provided with a first adherent member 61 and a second adherent member 62: the free end 52 of the belt 50 penetrates the clearance hole 81 a under the belt positioning part 8 a and then the fold-back component 22 fixed at the other side of the jacket 20 and returns; the second adherent member 62 penetrates the clearance hole 81 a under the belt positioning part 8 a and attaches to the first adherent member 61 after the free end 52 of the belt 50 returns. As shown in FIG. 7, the stress relief pad 40 a finally folded as one circle makes the first connecting member 72 and the second connecting member 73 mutually connect and the stress relief pad 40 a become a circular shape so that the free end 52 of the belt 50 is held and positioned in the stress relief pad 40 a which is shifted to a better position along the belt 50.

The difference between FIG. 8 and FIG. 6 is a larger belt positioning part 8 b in FIG. 8 on which there is a first adherent member 61: the free end 52 of the belt 50 penetrates a clearance hole 81 b under the belt positioning part 8 b and then the fold-back component 22 fixed at the other side of the jacket 20 and returns; the second adherent member 62 attaches to the first adherent member 61 with the free end 52 of the belt 50 returning. In FIG. 8, other components as those in FIG. 6 are not further described herein.

In the above embodiments, the first adherent member 61 can be arranged over a belt's surface.

As shown in FIG. 9 for an alternative embodiment of the present invention, a belt 50 a consists of at least one woven band 53 a and at least one elastic band 54 a, both of which are serially connected, and allows its tightness to be adjusted via springs of the elastic bands 54 a themselves as well as forces applied on the elastic bands 54 a. The belt 50 a has its both ends directly fixed on at least one lateral side of the jacket 20 on which there are two fixed components 21 installed on at least one lateral side and used to fix two ends of the belt 50 a; the belt 50 a which first penetrates clearance holes 81 on the stress relief pad 40 and then is fixed at the component 21 allows the stress relief pad 40 to be properly shifted along the belt 50 a for the purpose of relieving stress applied on one hand.

As shown in FIG. 10, there are more than two elastic bands 54 a, 54 b connected between the two woven bands 53 a wherein the elastic bands 54 a, 54 b have distinct lengths for generation of different spring forces.

As shown in FIG. 11, there are more than two elastic bands 54 a, 54 c connected between the two woven bands 53 a wherein the two elastic bands 54 a, 54 c have an identical length but distinct densities for generation of different spring forces.

In addition, the elastic bands 54 a, 54 b, 54 c wrapped by the stress relief pad avoid damage, break or loss of elasticity out of external forces.

As shown in FIG. 12, the belt 50 a with a stress relief pad 40 b integrated is one strip component wherein the stress relief pad 40 b is designed to have (a) a first clearance hole 41 b and a second clearance hole 42 b at its two longitudinal ends for penetration of the belt 50 a, the stress relief pad 40 b engaging and shifted along the belt 50 a, and both ends of the belt 50 a fastened to the fixed component 21 on at least one side of the jacket 20 and (b) a width greater than that of the belt 50 a for generation of a larger supporting area and comfort.

The difference between a stress relief pad 40 c in FIGS. 13 and 14 and the stress relief pad 40 b in FIG. 12 is the former comprises a cladding body 43 c which is a fabric strip comprising (a) a fixed end 431 c fastened to one flank of the stress relief pad 40 c facing a hand back (or the jacket 20) and (b) a free end with a hook part 432 c (full of hooks). The cladding body 43 c is used to wrap elastic bands of the belt 50 a, which has penetrated the clearance holes 41 c, 42 c on the stress relief pad 40 c (FIG. 8), and protect the elastic bands.

Moreover, the belt 50 a can be integrated with different types of stress relief pads which are not limited to the model disclosed herein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the embodiments disclosed herein do not limit the present invention and any person skilled in the art may change or modify them without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope to be protected under the patent should refer to claims of the patent specifications. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket which is installed on at least one lateral side of said tablet-style electronic device's jacket and comprises: A stress relief pad with a belt positioning part integrated on an inner surface for development of a clearance hole between said belt positioning part and said stress relief pad; A belt with a fixed end and a free end wherein said fixed end is securely connected to a fixed component on said jacket's at least one side for engagement of a first adherent member between said fixed end and said free end and engagement of a second adherent member close to said free end; Said belt's free end which penetrates said stress relief pad's clearance hole and then a fold-back component fixed on said jacket and located at an identical plane as said fixed component can return and penetrate said stress relief pad's clearance hole again so that said second adherent member faces said first adherent member's one side and properly adheres to (or is separated from) said first adherent member.
 2. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said belt's free end may have one last segment as a force application part on which there is no second adherent member
 3. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said stress relief pad is provided with mutually-fastened connecting members at left and right edges and is folded to be a flat state for linking said connecting members thereon so that said belt's free end is held and positioned in said stress relief pad and not easily separated.
 4. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 3 wherein said connecting members can be a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.
 5. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said belt are woven bands or other soft fabric strips.
 6. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said stress relief pad is manufactured with foam, rubber, fabric or other soft materials.
 7. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said first adherent member and said second adherent member are a hook and loop strap's loop part and hook part, respectively.
 8. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said stress relief pad is provided with a first connecting member at an inner edge and a second connecting member at an outer edge and rolled up as one circle which allows said first connecting member and said second connecting member to be coupled and makes said stress relief pad become a circular shape so that said belt's free end is held and positioned in said stress relief pad and not easily separated.
 9. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 8 wherein said first connecting member and said second connecting member can be a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.
 10. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 1 wherein said stress relief pad is provided with a first connecting member at an inner edge, a second connecting member at an outer edge, and a first adherent member at surface of said belt positioning part and said belt's free end penetrating said fold-back component and returning allows a second adherent member at said free end to be coupled with said first adherent member on said belt positioning part for engagement of said first connecting member and said second connecting member as well as said belt's free end held and positioned in said stress relief pad and not easily separated.
 11. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket which is installed on at least one lateral side of said jacket and comprises: A belt with at least one segment of woven band and at least one segment of elastic band, both of which are serially connected; A stress relief pad on which there is at least a clearance hole; Said belt penetrates said clearance hole on said stress relief pad so that said stress relief pad is coupled with and shifted along said belt whose two ends are fixed on said jacket's at least one lateral side.
 12. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 11 wherein said two woven bands allow two elastic bands with distinct lengths to be connected in between.
 13. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 11 wherein said two woven bands allow two elastic bands with distinct densities to be connected in between.
 14. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 11 wherein said stress relief pad comprising a first clearance hole and a second clearance hole at a longitudinal direction, both of which are penetrated by said belt, is coupled with and shifted along said belt.
 15. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 11 wherein said stress relief pad is coupled with a belt positioning part in an inner surface for development of a clearance hole located between said belt positioning part and said stress relief pad and penetrated by said belt's free end and is provided with mutually-fastened connecting members at both edges for development of an enclosed space to seal elastic bands.
 16. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 15 wherein said connecting members can be a hook and loop strap, magnets or snap fasteners.
 17. The hand strap on a tablet-style electronic device's jacket according to claim 15 wherein said stress relief pad displays a flat or circular state with the two connecting members combined. 